By ARAB NEWS
JEDDAH: A number of Saudi citizens have started shopping early for sacrificial goats after Eid Al-Fitr when prices are down before they shoot up during Eid Al-Adha, a local daily reported.
As a precautionary measure, some citizens began buying little goats to raise them at home and use them to sacrifice during Eid Al-Adha. Citizens say that they will not wait for the prices to slowly increase and reach a level where they cannot afford them anymore.
Some citizens interviewed said that the rising living costs and prices of commodities had reached a level where middle-income people could not afford paying for a sacrificial goat anymore.
Fahd Al-Otaibi, a Saudi citizen, said, “Prices of livestock keep increasing, especially with the approach of Eid Al-Adha. The price of one goat increases to SR1,200, which is a very high price compared with off-season prices. Livestock businessmen keep on saying that the law of supply and demand is the reason behind the price increase.”
Saudi citizen Abdullah Al-Fahmi said that the Ministry of Commerce should monitor the prices. He said that there was a large number of goats in the market, and yet the prices were rising unacceptably.
A goat is weighed at a sheep market ahead of Eid al-Adha festival .
Categories: Islam, Saudi Arabia